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Hi friends,

Colleen here. Saw Dr. Franco today. Just wanted to clarify something for

those of you who may be wondering what his position on the treatment of Lupus

patients is.

He definitely DOES treat with antibiotics, although not Minocin. He uses

those in the family including Erythromycin, Zithromax, Biaxin most frequently,

but on occasion will use Doxy...he very definitely said that each case is a

special case, and no treatment is done across the board without consideration

for that particular situation. There may be cases where people have come to

him with a past diagnosis, and he cannot find evidence for that diagnosis, and

then he will not prescribe. He does a very thorough diagnostic workup before

coming to this conclusion.

Hope Ive helped to make this clear. I know how much a recent misunderstanding

about this confused me, so for the record, I needed to get it straight.

Hugs to all.

XOOXXO

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Hi Colleen:

I wonder how he decides which antibiotic to use. Trial and error? It

would be hard trying to convince your doctor to use the antibiotics for

Lupis and not be sure what antibiotic to request if you don't know. I find

with these guys you have to know what you are talking about and back it up

with some convincing studies. Some (most) of them already are biased

towards pills.

Bev

rheumatic info for group

>From: Billnconi@...

>

>Hi friends,

>

>Colleen here. Saw Dr. Franco today. Just wanted to clarify something for

>those of you who may be wondering what his position on the treatment of

Lupus

>patients is.

>He definitely DOES treat with antibiotics, although not Minocin. He uses

>those in the family including Erythromycin, Zithromax, Biaxin most

frequently,

>but on occasion will use Doxy...he very definitely said that each case is a

>special case, and no treatment is done across the board without

consideration

>for that particular situation. There may be cases where people have come

to

>him with a past diagnosis, and he cannot find evidence for that diagnosis,

and

>then he will not prescribe. He does a very thorough diagnostic workup

before

>coming to this conclusion.

>

>Hope Ive helped to make this clear. I know how much a recent

misunderstanding

>about this confused me, so for the record, I needed to get it straight.

>

>Hugs to all.

>XOOXXO

>Colleen

>

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